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Leavenworth: United States Penitentiary United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Leavenworth

Kansas, United States
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Leavenworth, city, seat (1855) of Leavenworth county, northeastern Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Missouri River. First settled as Fort Leavenworth in 1827 by Colonel Henry H. Leavenworth to protect travelers on the Santa Fe and Oregon trails, the town was organized and laid out in 1854. The following year Leavenworth became the first incorporated community in Kansas Territory. By 1857 it was a prosperous supply base for the settlement of the West. During the...

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